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Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Comprehension Box 2

Magenta 3                                                            
Uncovering the ultimate snake

✓ 1. The fossil was discovered in a:
(b) coalmine

✓ 2. Which statement is a fact, not an opinion/
(c) A snake this size has never been discovered before.

х 3. Titanoboa cerrejonensis and the reticulated python are similar in:
(a) length

✓ 4. Titanoboa cerrejonensis probably become extinct because:
(a) the temperature became too cool to sustain the reptile.

✓ 5. Palaeontologists calculated the age of the fossil by:
(b) studying the age of the rock in which fossil was found.

✓ 6. Titanoboa cerrenjonensis lived ____ after Tyrannosaurus rex.
(b) after

✓ 7. Which is the best subheading that could be given to summarise Paragraph 5?
(a) The ancient climate

✓ 8. This text was written to;
(a) record finding

✓ 9. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is to:
(b) describe and relate the sheer snake size of the snake.

✓ 10. The word hefty in Paragraph 2 means:
(b) weighty

✓ 11. Titanoboa cerrenjonenesis is most like;
(b) an anaconda

✓ 12. You can conclude the author of this text clearly:
(b) consider this fossil find to be awesome.

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